Environmental systems analysis with MATLAB. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stefano Marsili-Libelli.
• Authors: Marsili-Libelli, Stefano
• Contents: Introduction; Environmental Systems Modelling, the Basic Concepts; Attributes and Dichotomies of Environmental Models; Practical Mechanistic Modelling; Environmental Models as Dynamical Systems; Linear Time-Invariant Dynamical Systems; Discrete-Time LTI Dynamical System; Stability of Discrete-Time Dynamical LTI Systems; Continuous-Time Linear Dynamical System; Nonlinear Systems; Numerical Aspects and the Role of MATLAB; Worked Examples; ; Identification of Environmental Models; Introduction; Sensitivity Analysis as an Identifiability Test; Gradient-Free Optimization Methods (Direct Search); Validation of the Estimates; PEAS: A Computer Package for Parameter Estimation of Ecological Models; ; Analysis of Environmental Time Series; Introduction; Time Domain versus Frequency Domain of Environmental Time Series; Signal Regularization; Wavelet Signal Processing: Adaptive Combination of Time and Frequency Analysis; Principal Components Analysis; ; Fuzzy Modelling of Environmental Systems; Introduction to the Fuzzy Logic; Building a Fuzzy Inference System; The MATLAB Fuzzy Toolbox; Fuzzy Modelling; Fuzzy Clustering: Aggregating Data by Similarity; ; Population Dynamics Modelling; Single-Species Continuous-Time Population Models; Single-Species Discrete-Time Population Models; Harvested Populations; Competition; Prey–Predator Models; Food Chains; ; Flow Reactor Modelling; Continuous-Flow Reactor Modelling; Plug-Flow Reactor; Diffusive Reactor; ; Microbial Kinetics Modelling; Enzymatic Reaction Kinetics; Microbial Metabolism of Carbonaceous Substrates; Microbial Metabolism of Nitrogenous Substrates; Microbial Metabolism of Phosphorus; ; Analysis of Aquatic Ecosystems; The Oxygen Cycle in the Aquatic Environment; A Short-Term Oxygen Dynamical Balance; Analysis of the Circadian DO Cycles by Wavelet Filtering and Fuzzy Clustering; Extending the Spatial–Temporal Validity of DO Models; Beyond S&P: A Water Quality Model Case Study; Estimation of Nutrient Bioavailability in Rivers; Modelling an Horizontal Subsurface Constructed Wetland; Environmental Assessment of a Coastal Lake and Surrounding Wetlands; A Fish Habitat Suitability Assessment Based on Fuzzy Logic; References;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 333.70151; Environmental engineering -- Mathematics; Environmental engineering -- Statistical methods; Numerical analysis -- Computer programs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498706360
• Related ISBNs: 9781498706353
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